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March 6, 2017

Results from Penal Reform International’s project on women in criminal justice system in Georgia

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Women Georgia

In December 2016, Penal Reform International concluded a one-year project that was dedicated to pursuing a gender-specific criminal justice system in Georgia, in line with the UN Bangkok Rules.

March 5, 2017

France : après la prison en Syrie, elles témoignent sur scène au Vigan

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Culture Europe Middle East France

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March 5, 2017

France : En prison, le jazzman Vincent Courtois libère les démons

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Culture Europe France

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March 5, 2017

Myanmar: despite calls for reform, prisoners continue hard labour in shackles

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Asia Myanmar (Burma)

Months after a report on abuses and corruption in prison labour camps prompted calls for reforms and investigations, little has changed.

March 4, 2017

France : le dispositif d’escorte des détenus entre prison et tribunal revu pour éviter les couacs

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Europe France

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March 4, 2017

Dozens freed from Gambia's overcrowded jails

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Africa Overcrowding Gambia

Almost 100 prisoners including rapists and robbers have been freed from Gambian jails as the new government struggles to reform an overcrowded system that long relied on strict mandatory sentencing.

March 3, 2017

Argentine : sept détenus brûlés dans une mutinerie

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America South America Protest Violence Argentina

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March 3, 2017

Forty-nine prisoners still slopping out in Ireland

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Ireland

Forty-nine prisoners are still slopping out in Irish prisons as of January 2017, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed.

March 3, 2017

Canada : visiter des prisons pour éviter d'y être détenu un jour

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America North America Canada

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March 3, 2017

United Kingdom: une prison 4 étoiles pour 2 100 détenus britanniques

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Europe United Kingdom

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March 3, 2017

More minors being imprisoned in Denmark

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Denmark

Children’s rights advocates disappointed with the findings

March 3, 2017

Is brutal treatment of young offenders fuelling crime rates in Brazil?

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Brazil

Detaining juveniles in overcrowded conditions, where there is little scope for learning or rehabilitation, may be contributing to violence in Brazilian society

March 2, 2017

New Zealand: government announces plans to beef up prisons inspection regime

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New Zealand

Corrections Minister Louise Upston says the changes to the prison inspection regime will give the public greater assurances about the safety of the system.

March 2, 2017

Hungary uses prisoners to build massive border fence to block migrants

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Hungary

Hungary has used prison inmates to build a second line of fencing along its southern border with Serbia in another move to block immigration into the country.

March 2, 2017

Naked prisoners in Philippine jail cause uproar

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Asia Philippines

Photos showing hundreds of prisoners in a Philippine jail sitting naked while being searched for contraband have triggered accusations of further rights abuses in President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs.

March 1, 2017

New Zealand: chief Ombudsman slams excessive use of prisoner restraint

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New Zealand

The Chief Ombudsman has condemned prisons’ excessive use of restraints and tie-down beds.

March 1, 2017

United Kingdom: prisoners with serious mental health problems face urgent treatment delays

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Health Mental health United Kingdom

Almost 75% of prisoners are facing delays in being transferred to NHS hospitals to receive urgent treatment for serious mental health problems.

March 1, 2017

OAS questions Brazil Ministry of Justice about prison violence

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Violence Brazil

For the international organization, Brazil has a “inescapable legal duty to take concrete steps to guarantee inmates’ rights to life and physical integrity”.

February 28, 2017

Indigenous interpreter shortage "adding to high incarceration rates" for Aboriginal people

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Australia

Some Aboriginal people are being kept in custody for longer than required because of a lack of interpreters in South Australia, lawyers representing Indigenous people claim.

February 28, 2017

Jamaica: correctional officers, recruits to be polygraphed in prison corruption clampdown

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Jamaica

The National Security Ministry has announced that all correctional officers and recruits are to be polygraphed as part of new measures aimed at cutting the smuggling of cell phones and other contraband into correctional facilities.

February 28, 2017

Thailand : Thai prisons violate human rights, report says.

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Asia Thailand

Prison conditions contravene UN treaties barring torture and stipulating minimum prisoner rights, group says. Thailand’s prisons fail to meet international standards with inmates routinely shackled, beaten, and stuffed into overcrowded cells, an international human rights group said. Thailand also…

February 28, 2017

Thailand: report calls for urgent prison reforms

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Asia Thailand

Paris, Bangkok - Thailand’s ongoing failure to enact comprehensive prison reforms has created conditions for human rights violations to be rife in its prison system, FIDH and UCL said in a new report published today. The report, titled “Behind the walls – A look at prison conditions in Thailand aft…

February 28, 2017

On the verge of a big change in penal system reform in Azerbaijan

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Justice Azerbaijan

Probation Service will be created in Azerbaijan by the Order of the President Ilham Aliyev, to improve the penal sphere, the humanization of punishment and expanding the use of alternative measures without isolation from society.

February 28, 2017

Thaïland: rights group says Thai prisons fall short of world standards

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Asia Thailand

Thailand’s prisons fail to meet international standards, with inmates routinely shackled, stuffed into overcrowded cells and forced to work in harsh conditions, an international human rights group said Tuesday.